This Sunday in the UK is Remembrance Sunday, and in a timely coincidence a genealogy site has released searchable records for Ireland’s casualties. Continue reading Local Casualties of the Great War
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1911 census records were released recently for Cork. I have transcribed some of the details, focusing on Church of Ireland parishioners. The first transcript is for the townlands of Desertserges, and can be . . . → Read More: 1911 Census This is a somewhat dark story from the history of the union. On the evening of Saturday 1st November 1902 the Rev William Bell was found apparently burned to death in his hay-barn… . . . → Read More: History: Rev. William Bell A Short History of a Very Long Time at St Mary’s Desertserges, Co. Cork Desertserges – meaning ‘Seargus’ or ‘Fergus’ hermitage. This hermit is thought to be a member of the Celtic Christian monastic Community at Kinneigh, believed to have been founded by St Colman around 617/19. We don’t know exactly where the . . . → Read More: History of Desertserges |
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